<quoted text>Your right carl! I remember you I was a long timer there 8yrs. Since beth sold out it has gone to the toilet! And that piece of shit steve taggert,, thats browers right hand man. And dont forget that donald burcholder hes as useless as tits on a bull! The last day I was there I handed back my truck and say goodbye..I dont drive illegal, and if I did it would be my choice not you forcing me by turning my elogs OFF!! and you know the little ba&^/rd says to me it's not about safety is about service! Lol really?Thats my story! so to yall I'd run and run

Did Donald really say that? Isn't our motto "safety first, No excuses"? I cant believe these comments! I feel like I'm reading my own experiences over the last 6 years. I Usually average between 1100 and 1500 miles a week...stuck at .30 cpm for the last 5 years, the roof in my truck leaks after a heavy rain. I climbed up on the roof one day last summer during the weekend with some Bondo and a power sander and repaired the roof myself. My biggest gripe all these years was wondering whether we pay the fed tax on the lumper fee they put into our gross pay. And trying to get home? Almost impossible if there was an emergency. I'm also ready to finally walk

You see now why it's important for a union have your back? And anti union people say "If you don't like the conditions, then move to another company". Now what happens when all the trucking companies are guilty of collusion?

does anyone know how often the northeast regional guys get home. the recruiter told me they get home every weekend. And what you would make yearly? i checked the website and it said 40,000 a year is that true?

All these posts are correct. It is a total shit company. I was their 5 yrs and couldn't take it any longer. They have gone from 600 trks down to under 250..partly thru trying to save money and thru attrition(drivers quitting). The turnover rate is over 100%. The only drivers who stay at star are the dedicated Nissan drivers(these kiss-assess are home every wknd, running over 2000 miles a week, in brand new equipment, pulling over .40cpm). If your a system driver(running wherever they dispatch you too), your screwed. In my 22 yr driving career, star was the worst trucking company I ever worked for. Sad because it was a great company before Beth sold it to covenant transport back in 08'. Dont go to this company...worst of the worst.

does anyone know how often the northeast regional guys get home. the recruiter told me they get home every weekend. And what you would make yearly? i checked the website and it said 40,000 a year is that true?

mike..dont go man. They don't northeast or any other drivers home every wknd unless you are dedicated nissan/canton Ms.$40k a year...lollollol...mike I made $21000 gross in 2012 with them running 27 days a month @ 1800-2000 miles a week. With perdiem I grossed $31k. Northeast drvrs do get paid more than other drvrs(.40cpm+)..but the bullshit you gotta put up with from planners, dispatch and upper management ain't worth it man. Hell, they could pay me 50cpm at 2500-3000 miles a week and I still wouldn't stay...i lasted 5 yrs with them mike, but was rdy to leave after 6 mos. I just dealt with the star bullshit till it caused me to end up in the hospital. That was it for me with star.

The worst the have you sitting for two days at a time with 40 he's left on the clock .never give you a straight sender. The dispatcher true is the worst never picks the phone up . I've been here six month haven't gotten 2500 miles yet .on my way out the door . go somewhere else

My husband just graduated from truck driving school. He was told by the school and by a recruiter that if he signs on as a dedicated driver he will have more home time and that the pay will be around .36 cpm. Honestly we were hoping that he would b home every night or at least a few nights a week and on the weekends. The school told us that this would be a good company to work for but you all are saying different. Can you tell us about the dedicated positions?

drivers the only way u know if a company is bad is to find out your self these bad reviews r probadly drivers that had a running with they dm some drivers r cry-babys im not go to new york or going here i dont unload lazy drivers just do your job as a driver n stop the crying

All of these comments about star are true. Actually nobody mentioned how they never pay for stops and layover. They are the worst of the worst!Be careful they may even brainwash drivers b/c I don't know how the ##@& i ever worked there! Whatever your parents have taught you about loyalty and all that it does not apply when you work for animals like this!Also my fellow Americans do not be loyal to any company that does not treat you right. Many corporations are not worth working for now days we are in big trouble. The rich get rich and the poor get poor. It is true many drivers only make $10k to $18k a year. You can do better than this for yourself trust me! Also the comany made $5 million for covenant by taking it all away from the driver. Don't ever drive here. If you do then you are really stupid!

Hey could anybody tell me anything about star transportation (the one with the blue star). I am hired there and need some honest info on how good are the miles OTR and how they treat their people. Thanks

They Tend to give those big mile loads to the driver trainers. In the beginning it would seem like you are really moving freight, but then when you was sent out on your own...you would spend more time in the pickle parks and truck stops. I spent three days in a truck stop in Glens Falls , NY. My dispatcher was Frank (exit 369) I told dispatch that I was ready to drive this truck to the house and send their truck back....I got a load. Mass to Russelville Arkansas.BTW, I am getting ready to post some pictures from the Greeneville Sun (TN) which depict a wild turkey through the front windshield of a car. Star's safety manager will tell you that it was preventable. For the record, I am still an OTR Driver.

<quoted text>You see now why it's important for a union have your back? And anti union people say "If you don't like the conditions, then move to another company". Now what happens when all the trucking companies are guilty of collusion?

My husband just graduated from truck driving school. He was told by the school and by a recruiter that if he signs on as a dedicated driver he will have more home time and that the pay will be around .36 cpm. Honestly we were hoping that he would b home every night or at least a few nights a week and on the weekends. The school told us that this would be a good company to work for but you all are saying different. Can you tell us about the dedicated positions?

Good luck with that! I gave them only 1 year before I walked. Smooth how I did it too..I had my wife follow me in our POV to Nashville...I walked in and started laying the cards down on the table of the dispatcher window.....2 black guys were sitting on the couch and one of them said.."there goes another one"I am getting 3000+ and weekends off driving a left lane chicken train (no cookie cutter truck here). I can't help but laugh when I pass a blue star on the road.BTW, is that gay guy Vince still in the safety program or have they moved him into recruiting?

Be very careful when applying with this company. they will contact your present employer even though you instruct them NOT TO. They contacted my employer then told me they were not offering me a job, BE CAREFUL

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